Sole-machine.



E. E. WINK-LEY.

SOLE MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED DBO. s, 1900. RENEWED SEPT, 12, 1911.

LILULfiQg Patented June 30,1914.

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SOLE MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 3, 1900. RENEWED SEPT. 12, 1911.

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SOLE MACHINE.

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SOLE MACHINE.

APPLIOATIONIILEDDEG.3,1900. RENEWEDSEPT.12,1911.

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ERASTUS EDWIN WINKL'EY, OF- LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

SOLE-MACHINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1914:.

Application filed December 3, 1900, Serial No. 38,450. Renewed September12, 1911. Serial No. 648,881.

To all whom it may concern p Be it known that I, ERASTUS EDWIN \VINKLEY,a citizen of the United States,

residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sole-Machines; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXactdescription of the invention, such as-will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to sole machines and more particularly tomachines for operating upon the soles of lasted shoes.

The primary object of my invention is to provide an improved means forfeeding the work to the trimming and nailing devices of machines forattaching the'heel seat of a shoe sole to the lasted upper and insoleandrounding or trimming the projecting edge to conform substantially .tothe shape of the last. As to certain features, however, my invention isnot limited to such machines as these features might be embodiedadvantageously in mechanism for feeding the work in other shoe machineswhich are adapted to operate upon a lasted shoe as shoe sewing, pegging,tacking, rounding or channeling machines.

The type of machine to which myinvention is particularly designed to beapplied is well illustrated and described in the patent to G. H.Gifford, No. 579,144, dated March 23,1897, the immediate object of theinvention being to obviate the objectionable features of the feedingmechanism of the patented machine. As will be readily understood fromthe patent drawings and specification, in the patented machine, thelasted shoe is rotatably supported on a-lastpin at the upper end of apost freely movable toward and from a gage and also freely movablelaterally of the gage. For feeding the work a four-motion feedpawl whichengages the bottom of the sole is provided. This feeding pawl advancesthe work intermittently between successive actuations of the trimmingknife and nailing device, the shoe being rotated on the last pin and thepost being moved laterally by the operator to keep the shoe in contactwith the gage.

In the practical operation of the machine it is found that when the shoeis turned and moved laterally the throat of the nailing device. thetrimming knife, and the feed pawl trimmed unevenly.

constitute three separate points about which the work can turn, and thatthe work is turned sometimes about one point and sometimes about anotheraccording to the time in the operation of the machine at which theoperator attempts to move the-shoe. As a result the edge of the heelseat is often To obviate these defects invention contemplates providinga jack for supporting the lasted shoe and suitable mechanisms foractuating the jack to feed the edge of .the heel seat to the trimmingknife so that the heel seat is trimmed evenly to conform to the shape ofthe last. The jack and the mechanism for actuating it which I havedevised afford a simple and efficient means for obviating the objectionsabove noted. It is to be understood, however, that the jack and itsactuating mechanism might be-constructed in many different ways withoutdeparting from the essential features of my invention which arenot-limited to details of construction. It is also to be understood thatwhile the immediate object of my invention is to improve the feedingmechanism of a heel seat nailing and trimming machine,

- certain features of the jack and its actuating mechanism are equallyapplicable to other machines for operating upon lasted shoes and as tosuch features my invention is not limited to any particular type ofmachine.

My invention also has for its object to improve the construction,arrangement and operation of various parts of a heel seat nailing andtrimming machine.

With the above objects in View my inven'tion consists in the, devices,combinations and arrangements hereinafter described and claimed.

A preferred 'form of my invention is illustratedin the accompanyingdrawings in which- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a heel seatnailing and trimming machine embodying the same; Fig. 2 is a view infront elevation of the head of the machine, the ack and the lasted shoesupported thereon, shown in Fig. 1, being omitted; Fig. 3 is across-sectional view of the head of the -macl1ine on the line 33 of Fig.1; Fig. at

' trating the mechanism for moving the ack laterally; Fig. 7 is asectional. plan view on the line 7 ,7 of Fig. 1 illustrating themechanism for rotating or oscillating the jack; Fig. 8 is a detailsectional view of the nailing device and trimming knife, and Fig. 9 is asectional detail of the nailing device.

The machine illustrated in the drawings is designed to attach the heelseat of the sole ofa lasted shoe to the upper and insole I by means ofnails and totrim or round the projectin'gedge of the heel seat-toconform 'to the shape of the last. The machine comprises a nailingdevice and a trimming knife arranged to operate on the edge of-theheelseat; the nailing device acting on the bottom of the heel seat to drivenails through the edge of the heel. seat, the inturned edges of the.upper and insole and the trimming device acting on the projecting edgeof'the heel seat to trim the same. For holding the 'heel seat inposition to be operated upon by the nailing device and trimming knife, a

gage is providedarranged to bear against.

thecounter portion of the upper directly beneath the'heel sea-tend, alsopreferably acting to support the projecting edge'of the heel seatagainst the cut of the trimming knife. The shoeis supported with thecounter portion of the upper bearing! against} P'i porting jack, thejack being movable towardi -andfrom the gage and pressed toward theigage to keep the counter portion of the shoe. in contact therewith bythe operator. For; the edge ofthe 'heel' seat to the; "nailing deviceand trimming, knife, means; are provided for moving the jacklaterally;to present the sides of the heel seat andfor; rotating the jack aboutthe center of the heel to present the back of the heel seat to Ttlknxefe mechanism for actuating the jack is arranged to impart to the jack.twolateral' movements in the-same direction and an intermediate rotarymovement about the cen-' thegage by means of a "suitable s feedingnailing device and trimming knife.

ter of the hQEl." The mechanism .is also. ar-

ranged so that these movements are imparted fed to the nailing deviceand trimming knife in opposite directions.

The jack is normally pressed upwardly by means of a spring to bring thebottom of the heelseat in contact with the throat of the nailing devicewhich acts as a stop to'limit the up- -ward movement of the jack.

ments imparted to the jack are intermittent. and during such movementsthe jack is depressed to remove the heel seat from contact with the stopformed by the throat of the nailing device. The gage which bears againstthe counter portion of the shoe upper The move-' allowed to move withthe jack when depressed and suitable means are provided for positivelyreturning the gage to its original position when the jack is raisedafter each device out of operation, permitting-the con-.

tinued operation of the jack actuating mechanism and trimming device.Means are also provided for automatically throwing the machine out ofoperation after the trimming operation has been. completed.

Referring noWto the drawings in which like characters of referenceindicate like parts, 1 indicates the frame .of the machineisupportedupon a standard 2, said frame and standard being of anysuitable construction for supporting the operating parts. In the upperportion of the framel are journaledtwo horizontal shafts 3 and 4connected by intermeshing gears 5 and 6. From the shaft 4 the mechanismrelating to the nailing device is operated and from the shaft 3 the.mechanism for actuating the trim min-g knife and for actuating the jackto feed the edge of the heel seat to the nailing.

device and trimming knife. The-shaft 3 is fthepower shaft of the machineand is driven in any suitable manner as by ineans of a driving pulley'2" loosely mounted on the rear end of the shaft. A clutch collar 8splined on the shaft '3 so as to rotate therewith but movablelongitudinally thereon is forced into engagement with the clutch member9 formed on the hub of the loose pulley 7 by means of a spring 10surrounding the shaft 3 and interposed between the clutch collar 8 andthe hub of gear 5. The gear 6 is loosely mounted on the shaft 4 and isnormally connected thereto by means of a sliding clutch collar 11splined on the shaft 4: and pressed into engagement with the hub of thegear by means of a coiled spring'12 interposed between the clutch collarand a flange atthe rear end of the shaft. The clutch collar 11 isprovided with an inclined projecting lug 18 which is adapted to'beengaged by the inclined end 14 of an arm 15 secured to or forming a partof a shaft 16 journaled in the frame-l and provided at the front of themachine with an operating handle 17.- Normally the inclined end 14; ofthe arm'15 is out of. the path of the lug 13 so that the gear 6 isclutched to the shaft 4 and the shaft a is actuated. The mechanismforactuating the nailing device is driven from the shaft at as has beenstated and by means of the construction above described the nailingdevice can be thrown out of operation by the manipulation of the handle17 to'bring-the inclined end 14: of

the arm 15 into the path of the projection 13. The. inclined end 14 ofthe arm 15 acting on the projection 13 forces the clutch collar 11 awayfrom the hub of the gear 6 thereby allowing the ear 6 to revolve withoutactuating the sha t 4 and permitting the continued revolution of theshaft 3 from which the trimming device and the mechanism for actuatingthe jack are operated.

The nailing device shown in the drawings is of the continuous wire typeand comprises a feeding device for feeding the wire the length of thenail to be cut. off, a wire cutting device for cutting a nail from thewire and a driver for driving the cut off nail through the heel seat,upper and insole. The wire 18 is supplied from any suitable source asfrom a reel supported on the frame of the machine and passes downwardbetween feeding rolls 19 and 20. Seemore particularly Figs. 2 and 4. Theroll 19 is loosely journaled in a bracket secured to the side of thecasing 40 which forms a guide way for the driver plunger as will bedescribed. The roll 20 is secured to the forward end of a shaft 21journaled in the frame 1 and is. intermittently actuated to feed thewire by means of a cam 22 secured to theshaft 4 and suitableconnections. These connections consist of a bent lever 23 pivotallysupported on a shaft 24 journaled in the upper portion of the frame 1,the upper. end of which lever is provided with a roll engaging thegroove of cam 22 and the lower end of which leverhas a pin and slotconnection with an arm 25 projecting from a casing 26 mounted on theshaft 21 and forming part of a frictional driving device. Thisfrictional driving device may conveniently be of the construction shownin the patent herei-nbefore referred to and' it is not considerednecessary to illustrate and describe such construction herein. From thefeeding rolls the 1 wire 18 passes through an opening 27 in the tubularcasing 28 rigidly secured at the lower end of the casing 40. J ournaledin the tubular casing 28 and free to revolve therein is a cylindricalstud 29 provided with a transverse passage way-30 of slightly greaterdiameter than that of the wire 18 which receives the end of thewire asit is' fed downward by the feeding rolls. The stud 29 projects from ablock 31 provided with circular flange 32 which is engaged by asegmental flanged plate 33 secured to the front portion of the casing,the engagement of the flange 32 with the'segmental plate 33 serving tohold the stud 29 in position and prevent its longitudinal movement. Forcutting ofi the wire to form a nail, the stud 29 is oscillated in thetubular casing 28 to force the wire against the cutting edge formed byone side of the opening 27, as clearly shown in Fi .9. For sooscillating the stud 29 the bloc 31 is provided with a projecting arm 34which has a pin and slot connection with an arm 35 extending downwardlyfrom shaft 24 and rigidly secured thereto. To the shaft 24 is alsosecured an arm 36 (see Figs. 2 and 4) which carries a roll engaging thegroove of a cam 37 se cured to the shaft 4.

38 designates the nail driver which is carried by a plunger 39reciprocating in a casing 40 secured to the front-portion of theframe 1. The plunger 39 is actuated by means of a crank disk 41securedto the forward end of the shaft 4 and a connecting link 42.

vided with upper and lower openings 43and 44 in line with the driver 38and to the lower end of the casing 40 is secured a throat 45, thepassageway in which registers with the openin parted to the stud 29 incutting off the wire to form a nail is sufficient to bring the cut offnail in line with the openings 43 and 44 and the mechanism for actuatingthe stud 29. and driver 38 are so timed that the driver 38 descends whenthe cut off nail is in line with the openings 43 and 44 and forces thenail down through the throat 45 and into the heel seat.

The trimming device comprises a trimmmg knife 46 secured by meanslof aset screw47 to a slide 48 mounted teg reciprd cate in suitable guidewayson the Zrear portion of the casing 40. The slide 48 is re- The tubularcasing 28 is prociprocated by means of a link 49 connecting the slidewith a crank pin on the crank'disk 50 secured to the forward end ofshaft .3. The edge of' the heel seat is supported against the cut ofknife 46 by suitable means, preferably by means of the gage which holdsthe heel seat in position to be operated u on by the nailing device andtrimming knits.

The gage is indicated at 51 and consists of a plate pivoted at its rearend to the base plate of the frame 1. Thegage is arranged to bearagainst the counter. portion of the shoe upper directly beneath the heelseat and thus position the heel seat with'relation to the nailing deviceand trimming knife and.

at the same time. support the edge of the heel seat against the cut ofthe trimming knife.

The jack upon which the shoe is supported may be of any suitableconstruction and any suitable mechanism may be provided for actuatingthe jack to feed the edge of the heel seat to the nailing device andtrimming knife. The jack which I have illustrated in the drawings andthe mechanism for actuating it afford a simple and reliable constructionfor supporting and feeding the shoe which has been found to be highlyeflicient. As shown in the drawings (see more particularly Fig. 1). thejack consists of a rod or post 52 provided at its upper end with a lastpin for entering the usual hole in the heel of the last, a laterallyextending arm secured to the rod 52 and a toe rest 54 secured to theouter end of the arm Therod 52 is connected by means of a universaljoint with a shaft 55 journaled in a bracket 56 secured to the lowerportion of thestandard 2 of the machine. By reason of the universaljoint the jack is free to move toward and from the gage to keep thecounter portion of the shoe upper in contact with the gage and also tobe swung away from the gage'to allow the removal and replacing of shoesupon the jack. In order to feed the edge of the heel seat to the nailingand trimming devices, the jack is moved laterally to present one side ofthe heel seat, to said devices, then rotated to present the back of theheel seat to said devices, and then moved laterally in thesamedirecttion to present the other side of the heel seat to saiddevices. For moving the jack laterally. a. slide 57 is mounted toreciprocate in horizontal guideways secured to the u per portion of thestandard 2. From said slide an arm 58 extends laterally, which arm isprovided with a slot through which the rod 52 passes, the constructionbeingsuch that therod can move toward and from the slide in the slot buthas no lateral movement independent of the slide. The slide 57 isreciprocated to move thejack laterally by ,means of a link 59 pivoted atone end to a "lug projecting from theslide and at the other end to ablock .60 mounted in a slide in one end of a bent lever 61. f The otherend of the lever 61 is provided with a roll which engagesacam groove62in a disk 63 secured to. a vertical shaft 64-journaled in the ma- Ichine frame and intermittently actuated by mechanism hereinafterdescribed. The block 60 is adjusted inthe slotted end of lever 61 tovary the extent of movement of slide 57 and consequently the extent ofthe lateral movements of the jack to correspond to different sizes andstyles of shoes. For locking the block 60 in adjusted position the blockis provided with a sliding pin 65 which is adapted to engage any oneof aseries of holes 66 formed on the edge of lever '61. The pin. 65 can bewithdrawn from the holes 66 by means of a bentspring-pressed lever 67pivotedto block 60, one end of which engages the pin and the other endof which extends "into convenient position to be "grasped by the hando'fthe operator. The

mechanism for rotating the jack comprises a segmental pinion 6'8 rigidlysecured to a sleeve 69 through which the shaft 55 passes and with whichitis connected so as to rotate therewith by means of a suitablesp1ine,-as clearly shown in Fig. 7. With the segmental inion 68: thesegmehtal rack 70 meshes, said rack being carried at one end of a lever71,

the other end of which is pivoted at 72 to the lower portion ofthestandard- 2,v and which is provided between its ends with a rollengaging a cam groove 73 in a disk 74 secured to the shaft 64.

The shaft 64 is intermittently actuated from the shaft 3 by means of thefollowing connections: To the shaft 31 is secured a beveled gear 75which meshes with a similar gear on the upper end-of a short verticalshaft 76'journaled in hearings in the machine frame in line withtheshaft 64 (see Fig. 3). To the shaft 76 is secured a disk 77 providedonits'upper face with a pin 78 which is adapted to engage a notch in anotched disk 7 9 secured'to the upper end of,

the short Vertical shaft80j To the lower end of the shaft 80 is secureda gear 81 which meshes with-a gear 82 on the vertical shaft 64. aBymeansof this construction the notched disk'7 9 and through the intermeshl tolimit the upward movement of the jack.

For pressing the jack upwardly the following. mechanism may be provided:Mounted in suitable guideways formed in a bracket 83 secured to thestandard 2 and in the upper portion of standard 2 and base plate offramev1 is a verticalrod 84. The lower end of the rod 84"is pivoted to ablock 85 mounted to slide on guideways formed on a bracket 86 secured tothe standard 2. Projecting from the'block 85 is a yoke 87 which engagesa groove formed in the upper end of shaft 55. A coiled spring 88surrounds the rod 84 and bears at its lower-end against the bracket 83and at its upper end against a collar 89 secured to the rod! By thisconstructionthe jack is pressed upwardly to bring the bottom of the solein contact with the throat of the nailing device. It is desirable thatthe jack b'edepressed to with draw the shoe sole from "contact with thethroat of the nailing' device during the intermittent feeding movementof the jack.

The following mechanism has accordingly been provided for intermittentlydepressing the jack: The upper end ofthe rod 84 extends above the baseplate of frame 1 --and through an opening in the gage 51. "An

arm 90 securedlto a rock-shaft 91 journaled on'the base of the machineframe extends over the upper end of the rod '84, .To the upper end ofwhich is provided with a roller engaging the cam groove of a cam '93secured to shaft 3. By means of this construction as the shaft 3 isrotated therock-shaft 91 is mittently. 'd e'press the rod 84 and throughrock-shaft 91am arm 92 is aIs secured, the

the block 85 and yoke 87 the shoe support and jack. To allow the gage 51to move with the jack when the jack is depressed and for raising thegage to bring it back to its original position when the jack is raised,a slide 9-1 is arranged to reciprocate in a guideway formed in the baseof the machine frame beneath the forward end of the gage 51. Foractuating the slide 9+1 to withdraw it from beneath the gage to allowthe gage to be depressed with the jack and to move it beneath the gageto lift the gage when the jack is raised, a lever 95 is provided pivotedon the machine frame, the lower end of which connects with the slide 9-1by means of a pin and slot connection and the upper end of which isprovided with a roll which engages the cam groove of a cam 90 secured tothe shaft 3.

The cam grooves 62 and 73 of the disks.

' rotary movement in the opposite direction.

The movements of the ack in one'direction are sufficient to present bothsides and the back of the heel seat to the action of the nailing andtrimming devices. Means are accordingly provided for stopping theoperation of the machine at the end of the lateral and rotary movementsof the jack in each direction whereby the shoe previously acted upon canbe removedfrom the jack and another shoe placed thereon, and the edgesof the heel seats of successive shoes supported upon the jack fed to thenailing and trimming devices in opposite directions. For so throwing themachine out of operation the disk 68 is provided with two diametricallyopposite lugs 97 upon its lower face which are adapted to contact withthe inturned end of a vertically sliding rod 98 mounted in bracketssecured to the frame of the ma,- chine. The upper end of the rod 98 ispivotally connected to an arm 99 projecting laterally from a rockingsleeve 100 journaled upon a stud projecting from the frame 1. An arm 101provided with an inclined end 102 projects upwardly from the .sleeve100, the inclined end 102 when brought into the path of a lug 103 on theclutch collar 8 be ing adapted to engage the said lug and force theclutch collar 8 out of contact with the clutch member 9 to allow theloose pulley 7 to revolve without actuating. the shaft? During theoperation of the machine, the rod 98 is pressed upwardly to swing theinclined end 102 of the arm 101 out of the path of the lug 103 by meansof the coiled spring 10 1 surrounding the rod and interposed between thebracket 105 and the collar 106 secured to the rod. When, however, thedisk 68 has completed a half revolution one of the lugs 97 contactingwith the in.-

' operation.

turned end of the rod 98 depresses the rod and swings the inclined end102 of the arm the rod 98 can be turned to disengage the inturned lowerend of the rod 98 from the projection 97, thereby allowingthe sprlng are104: to raise the rod and remove the inclined 1 end 102 of arm 101 fromthe path of lug 103.

The operation of the machine above described may be briefly described asfollows: A lasted shoe is placed in position'upon the jack and the jackpressed toward the gage to bring the counter portion of the upperagainst the gage 51, the ack at this time being in a position at rightangles to the position shown in Fig. 1. The handle 17 is turned to bringthe inclined end 14 of the arm 15 into the path of projection 13 on theclutch collar 11 and the handle 107 is operated to throw the machineinto operationl By means of the mechanism above described the ack 52will be moved laterally and the trimming knife operated to trim the sideof the heel seat. When the point on the heel seat is reached at whicl itis desired to begin the driving of the nails, the handle 17 is operatedto remove the inclined end 14- of the arm 15 from the path of lug 13to'thereby throw the nailing devices into V'Vhen the back of the heelseat is reached the jack is rotated to present the back of the heel seatto the nailing and trimming devices and thereafter the jack is thenails, the handle 17 is again operated to cause the inclined end 14 ofthe arm 15 to engage the lug 13 to throw the nailing de vices out'ofoperation. At the end of the lateral movement of the jack the disk 63will have completed a half revolution and one of the lugs 97 will engagethe inturned end of the rod 98 and depress the rod to swing the inclinedend 102 of the arm 101 into the path of lug 103 and stop the operationof the machine. At each intermittent feeding movement of the jack thearm 90 acting on the upper end of rod 84 will depress the jack towithdraw the shoe sole from contact with the throat of the nailingdevices during the feeding movement. Durthe jack the gage is positivelyreturned to its original position by the movement of the slide beneaththe gage. The shoe which has been operated upon is now removed from thejack and another shoe placed thereon, and the machine thrown intooperation as before, the operation above described being repeated,exceptthat the edge of the heel seat is fed to the nailing and trimmingdevices in the opposite direction.

' The machine'shown in the drawings and above describedis provided withtwo tools,

which'operate upon the edge of" the heel seat, one tool acting to trimthe edge and the other to attach the edge to thelasted upper and insole.It will be understood,

- however, that certain features of my invention are'not limited to theparticular type of tool or tools which operate on the edge of the solenor are they limited to tools arranged to act on any particular part ofthe sole. Certain features of my inventionare equally applicable toother types of shoe machines which are adapted to operate .upon

r the soles of shoes, and Where in theclaims I specify a tool arrangedto act upon the edge of the shoe sole I do not intendrto limit my selfto any particular formof tool but in- I stantially as described.

tend to include any tool arranged to operate at or near the edge of anypart of the sole portion of a shoe.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters- '30 Patent of the United States.

1. A sole machine, having, in combination, a tool arranged to operate onthe edge of a shoe sole, a jack arranged to support a shoe-inpositionto' be operated uponby the tool, means for actuating the jacktofeed the .edges of the soles of shoes supportedon the jack alternatelyin opposite directions and means acting automatically to stop the jackat the end of its movement .in each direction and maintain the jack instopped position to permit the removal of the shoe operated upon and thesubstitution of a shoe to be operatedon whereby the sole edges ofsuccessive shoes supported on the jack are fed to the tool in oppositedirections, sub- 'stantially as described. v

2. A sole machine, having, in combination, a tool arranged to operate onthe edge of a shoe sole, a gage arranged to bear against' the shoe andposition the sole with relation to the tool, a jack movable toward andfrom the gage arranged to support a shoe in contact. with the gage, ashaft for supporting the jack, a universal joint between the shaftand'jack, means for rotating the shaft and means for moving the jacklaterally, sub- 3. A sole machine, having, in combination, a toolarranged to operate on the edge of a shoe sole, a gage arranged to bearagainst theshoe and position the sole with relation to the tool, ajackmovable toward and from the gage arranged to support a shoe in contactwith the gage, a shaft for supporting the jack, a universal jointbetween the shaft and jack, means'for rotating the shaft, and means formoving the jack laterally having provision foradjustment to vary theextent of such lateral movements,-substantially as described:

a. A sole machine, having, in combination, a tool arranged to operate onthe edgeof a shoe sole, a trimming device for trimming the edge of thesole, a jack arranged to sup- .port a shoe with the sole in positiontobe operated upon by the tooland trimming device, means for actuatingthe jack to. feed the edge of the sole to the tooland trimming device,and means. for throwing the tool out of operation permitting a continuedoperationlof' the trimming deviceand jack actuating means;=substantially. as described.

5. A sole machine, having, in combination,

a nailing device, atrimnnng device, ajack arranged to support. a'shoewiththe sole in. position to be acted-upon by s id devices, means foractuating said devlces, means for actuating the jack to feed the soleedge. to

said devices and space the nails driven by the nailing device, and meansfor throwing the nailing device out of operation perm-itting acontinuedoperation of the trimming device and jack actuating means, substantiallyas described. 6. A sole machine, having, in combination, a tool arrangedtoilet on the edge ofa. shoe sole, a jack arranged to support a shoewith the sole in position to be acted upon by the,

tool, and to feed-the sole edge to the con: tinued action ofthe tool, astop, means act. ing on the'jack to press the bottom ofthe sole againstthe stop, means for actuating the jack to intermittently Withdraw thesole from said stop, andto feed the soleedge to the tool, substantiallyas described. I

7 A sole machine, having, in combination, a tool arranged'to act on theedge of a shoe sole, a gage arranged to bear against the shoeandposition the sole with relation to the tool, a jack arranged tosupport a shoe in contact with the gage, and tofeed the shoe sole to thecontinued action of thetool, a

:stop, means acting onthe jack to pressthe age arrangedto bear againstthe shoe an position the sole with relation to the tool, a jack arrangedto support a shoe in contact with the gage and to feed the, shoe sole tothe continued action of the tool, a stop, means acting on the jacktopress the bottom of the sole against the stop,

means for actuating the jack to intermittently Withdraw the sole fromsaid stop and to feed the sole edge to the tool, means for allowing saidgage to move with the jack from the stop, and means independent of thejack for moving the gage with the jack toward the stop, substantially asdescribed.

9. A sole machine, having, in eombination, a nailing device including athroat having a nail passage, a trimming device, a jack arranged tosupport a shoe with the heel seat in position to be operated upon bysaid devices, and to feed the shoe sole to the continued action of saiddevices,

means acting, on the jack to press the bottom of the heel seat againstthe throat of the nailing device, and means for actuating the jack tointermittently withdraw the heel seat from said throat and feed the edgeof the heel seat to the nailing and trimming devices, substantially asdescribed.

10. A sole machine, having, in combination, a nailing device, a trimmingdevice, a jack arranged to support a shoe with the sole in position tobe acted upon by said devices, a stop, means acting on the jack, topress the bottom of the sole against the stop, and means for actuatingthe jack to intermittently withdraw the sole from said stop, and to feedthe sole edge to said devices and space the nails driven by the nailingdevice,

.vices and space the nails driven by substantially as described.

11. A sole machine, having, in combination, a nailing device, a trimmingdevice,"a jack arranged to support a shoe with the sole in position tobe actedupon by said devices, and means for actuating the jack tointermittently feed the sole edge to. said dethe nailin-g device,substantially as described.

12. A sole machine, having, in combina tion, a vibrating trimming knife,means for actuating said knife, a jack arranged to support a shoe inposition to be operated upon by said trimming knife, and means foractuating the jack to intermittently feed the edge of the shoe sole tothe trimming knife, substantially as described.

13. A sole machine, having, in combination, a nailing device, a jackarranged to support a shoe with the heel seat in position to be actedupon by the nailing device, a stop, means acting on the jack to pressthe bottom of the sole against the stop,.means for actuating the jack tointermittently withdraw the sole from said stop, and means for feedingthe shoe to present the edge of the heel seat to the nailing device andspace the nails driven thereby, substantially as described.

14s. A sole machine, having, in combination, a nailing device, a jackarranged to support a shoe with the heel. seat in position to be actedupon by the nailing device, and

, means for feeding the shoe to present sueces sive portions of the edgeof the heel, seat to the nailing device and space the nails driven 1a ckbeing tion,

thereby including means for moving the jack laterally while the nailsare being driven along the sides of the heel seat and additional meansfor rotating the jack while the nails are being driven around the rearedge 'of the heel seat, substantially asdescribed.

15. A sole machine, having, in combination, a nailing device, a jackarranged to support a shoe with the heel seat in position to be actedupon by the nailing device, a gage for determining the position of theshoe with relation to the nailing device, said movable toward and fromthe gage, means for feeding the shoe to present the side edges of theheel seat to the nailing device and space the nails driven thereby, andadditional means for rotating the jack to space the nails around therear edge of theheel seat, substantially as described.

16. A sole machine, having, in comb-ination, a tool arranged to operateon the edge of the heel seat of a shoe sole, a jackarranged to support ashoe with the heel seat in position to be operated upon by the tool,means for moving the jack laterally while the too-l is acting along thesides of the heel seat and additional means for rotating the jack whilethe tool is acting on the rear edge of the heel seat, substantially asdescribed.

' 17. A sole machine, having, in combination, a nailing device, a jackarranged to support a shoe with the heel seat in position to be actedupon by means for feeding the shoe to present the edge of the heel seatto the nailing device and space the nails driven thereby, said meanscomprising means for moving the jack laterally and additional means forrotating the jack, substantially as described.

18. A sole machine, having,

a tool arranged to operate on the edge of the heel seat of a shoe sole,a gage arranged to bear against the counter portion of a shoe upper, andposition the heel seat with relation to the tool, a jack arranged tosupport a shoe with the counter portion of the upperbearing against forfeeding the shoe toprese'nt the side edges of the heel seat to the tool,and additional means for rotating the jack to present the rear edge ofthe heel seat to the tool, substantially as described.

19. A sole machine, having, in combination, a vibrating trimming knife,means for actuating said knife, a jack arranged to support a shoe withthe sole in position to be acted upon by said knife, means forsupporting the edge of the sole against the. cut of the knife, and meansfor actuating the jack to present successive portions of the sole edgeto the knife,

in combinathe'nailing device and said gage, means substantially asdescribed. 1 I

20. A sole-machine having, in combination, a tool arranged to operate onthe edge for actuating the support to feed the edges of the soles ofshoes on the support alternatelyin opposite directions, and means act-,ing automatically to stop the support at the end of its movement in eachdirection and maintain the support in stopped position to permit theremoval of the shoe operated upon and the insertion of a shoe to beoperated on, whereby the sole edges of successive shoes placed on thesupport. are fed to the tool in'opposite directions, substantially asdescribed. v

21. A sole machine having,.in combination, a tool arranged to'operate onthe edge of a shoe sole, a shoe support, means for actuating the supportto feed the edge of a shoe sole to the tool arranged to. automaticallyreverse the direction of movement of the support and meansactingautomatically to stop the support at the end of its movement ineach direction and maintain the support in stopped position to permitthe removal of the shoe operatedupon and the insertion of a shoe to beoperated on whereby the; sole edges of successive shoes placed on thesupport. are fed to the tool in opposite directions, substantially asdescribed.

22. A sole machine haying, in combination, a tool,mechanism for feedingthe edge 10f a'shoe-so1e-past the tool having provision at the end ofthe feedingmovement in each direction and maintain the feed in stoppedposition to permit the removal of the shoe operated upon and theinsertion of a shoe to be operated on whereby the sole edges ofsuccess'iveshoes are fed to the tool in opposite directions,substantially as'described.

23.'A. sole machine having, in combina-v tion, a tool, mechanism-forfeeding the edge of a shoe sole past the tool in opposite directions,and means acting automatically to stop the feed at the end of thefeeding movement ineach direct-ion and maintain the feed in stoppedposition to permit the removal of the shoe operatedupon and theinsertion of a shoe to be operated on Where by the sole edges ofsuccessive shoes are fed to the tool in opposite directions, substan- 7'tially as described.

In testimony whereof'I afiix my signature, 1n presence of two Witnesses.

ERASTUS EDWIN WINKLEY. A

Witnesses: I

IIORACE VAN EVEREN, ALFRED H. HILDRETH.

